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That Ever Governed Frenzy

Through the eyes of Jody Wilson-Raybould and Michael Wernick

Rumble on Parliament Hill

In the ring with Justin Trudeau

Return of the Robber Barons

Chrystia Freeland asks if we can tell “makers” from “takers” among the new super-rich

Arthur Schafer

Arthur Schafer is the director of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics at the University of Manitoba.

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Arthur Schafer

Does Technology Make Us Do It?

Two very different views of ethics in the modern age. December 2008
Dr. Schweitzer, may I introduce Dr. Frankenstein. Images of the miracle-working white-coated scientist are embedded in contemporary western culture. The hoped-for miracles are various. Medical scientists, we believe, are on the verge of bringing us a cure for cancer, along with a vaccine for AIDS. Agricultural scientists are creating genetically modified crops whose fecundity…